diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6ec9ede..fdb17fd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ training:
   learning_rate: 2.0e-5
   effective_batch_size: 32                   # per_device * grad_accum * world_size
   per_device_train_batch_size: 8
-  warmup_ratio: 0.03
+  warmup_steps: 0.03
   lr_scheduler_type: "cosine_with_min_lr"
   lr_scheduler_kwargs:
     min_lr_rate: 0.1
diff --git a/configs/llamafactory/long-context.yaml b/configs/llamafactory/long-context.yaml
index 391229f..14c0594 100644
--- a/configs/llamafactory/long-context.yaml
+++ b/configs/llamafactory/long-context.yaml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ llamafactory:
   learning_rate: 2.0e-4
   num_train_epochs: 1.0
   lr_scheduler_type: cosine
-  warmup_ratio: 0.05
+  warmup_steps: 0.05
   weight_decay: 0.03
   max_grad_norm: 1.0e-3
   bf16: true
diff --git a/configs/trl/dpo.yaml b/configs/trl/dpo.yaml
index b388e0d..dde3263 100644
--- a/configs/trl/dpo.yaml
+++ b/configs/trl/dpo.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ training:
   learning_rate: 5.0e-7
   effective_batch_size: 4
   per_device_train_batch_size: 1
-  warmup_ratio: 0.1
+  warmup_steps: 0.1
   lr_scheduler_type: "cosine_with_min_lr"
   lr_scheduler_kwargs:
     min_lr_rate: 0.1
diff --git a/configs/trl/sft.yaml b/configs/trl/sft.yaml
index 5829762..32a7891 100644
--- a/configs/trl/sft.yaml
+++ b/configs/trl/sft.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ training:
   learning_rate: 2.0e-5
   effective_batch_size: 32                   # per_device * grad_accum * world_size
   per_device_train_batch_size: 8
-  warmup_ratio: 0.03
+  warmup_steps: 0.03
   lr_scheduler_type: "cosine_with_min_lr"
   lr_scheduler_kwargs:
     min_lr_rate: 0.1
diff --git a/src/post_training/config.py b/src/post_training/config.py
index a0bde16..7a05ed8 100644
--- a/src/post_training/config.py
+++ b/src/post_training/config.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class TrainingConfig:
     learning_rate: float = 2.0e-5
     effective_batch_size: int = 512
     per_device_train_batch_size: int = 4
-    warmup_ratio: float = 0.03
+    warmup_steps: float = 0.0
     lr_scheduler_type: str = "cosine_with_min_lr"
     lr_scheduler_kwargs: LRSchedulerKwargs = field(default_factory=LRSchedulerKwargs)
     adam_beta1: float = 0.9
diff --git a/src/post_training/methods/common.py b/src/post_training/methods/common.py
index 4cf0db4..af995cc 100644
--- a/src/post_training/methods/common.py
+++ b/src/post_training/methods/common.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def build_common_training_kwargs(
         weight_decay=t.weight_decay,
         adam_epsilon=t.adam_epsilon,
         gradient_accumulation_steps=grad_accum,
-        warmup_steps=t.warmup_ratio,
+        warmup_steps=t.warmup_steps,
         lr_scheduler_type=t.lr_scheduler_type,
         lr_scheduler_kwargs={
             k: v for k, v in dataclasses.asdict(t.lr_scheduler_kwargs).items() if v is not None
diff --git a/src/post_training/utils/guardrails.py b/src/post_training/utils/guardrails.py
index 08db38f..d54be25 100644
--- a/src/post_training/utils/guardrails.py
+++ b/src/post_training/utils/guardrails.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def run_guardrails(config: PostTrainingConfig, run_dir: Path, tokenize_only: boo
     min_lr = config.training.lr_scheduler_kwargs.min_lr_rate
     lr_sched_str = lr_sched if min_lr is None else f"{lr_sched}  (min_lr_rate={min_lr})"
     _row("LR scheduler", lr_sched_str)
-    _row("Warmup ratio", str(config.training.warmup_ratio))
+    _row("Warmup steps", str(config.training.warmup_steps))
     batch_line, _ = _batch_summary(config, total_gpus)
     _row("Batch sizes", batch_line)
     _row("Grad checkpoint", str(config.training.gradient_checkpointing))